Scientists have discovered more than 300 never-before-seen Nazca Lines in Peru — including alien-looking humanoid figures, decapitated heads, potential historic ceremonies and a surprisingly ...

The enigmatic Nazca Lines etched across the arid desert landscape of southern Peru have long captivated the imagination of adventurers, scholars, and conspiracy theorists alike. These intricate ...

With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have found hundreds of ancient artworks carved into the pebbled ground of Peru’s Nazca Desert. Featuring decapitated heads, llamas, orcas holding ...

Lines crafted in an ancient Peruvian desert are more than random curves and angles. People of the Nazca culture—and, potentially, pre-Nazca Paracas culture—created drawings on the ground between 200 B ...

With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months. Some 303 previously uncharted geoglyphs made by the Nazca, a pre-Inca civilization in ...

The recent survey doubles the count of known geoglyphs, bringing the total count to over 700, while showcasing how AI can be used in cultural heritage contexts. Reading time 2 minutes It took a ...

Peru’s ministry of culture is receiving strong criticism from archaeologists and environmentalists following its decision to significantly reduce the size of the archaeological reserve that contains ...

A decade-long survey, drone mapping, and on-the-ground digs are reshaping what we think the Nazca Lines were for, not drawings for the sky, but sacred routes, stages, and offering sites tied to water ...

Gouged into a barren stretch of pampa in southern Peru, the Nazca Lines are one of archaeology’s most perplexing mysteries. On the floor of the coastal desert, the shallow markings look like simple ...